Weapons of Athas

Athasian Weapons

Note: The prices, weights, and damage values that are given to you here are
for weapons that made of metal, but all of them can be made from other
materials

Sun Blade

The Sun Blade is the creation of a para-elemental priest of Sun who was
also a weapon smith. The weapon is used one handed and is usually about
18 inches long. Only a few of these weapons have been made.

Damage

Cost(Metal)

Weight

Size

Type

Speed

Small/Medium

Large

10GP

5

M

S/P

4

D4+3

D4

Proficient Use:

Having a proficiency in this weapons the character use it. Other wise a
non-trained character cannot use it.

Specialized Use:

If the user is specialize they may use the flamelike barbs of the
Sunblade efficiently to do an additional 1d2 pts of dmg each round.

Sun Axe

The Sun Axe is the creation of a para-elemental priest of Sun who was
also a weapon smith. The weapon is used one handed and is approximately 3
feet long. Only a few of these weapons have been made.

Damage

Cost(Metal)

Weight

Size

Type

Speed

Small/Medium

Large

15GP

9

L

S/P

9

D6+3

2D6

Proficient Use:

Having a proficiency in this weapons the character use
it. Other wise a non-trained character cannot use it.

Specialized Use:

If the user is specialize they may use the flamelike barbs of the Sun
Axe efficiently to do an additional 1d3 pts of dmg each round.

Kreen Axe

This weapon is only usable by half-giants because of its height of 20'.
Some very large Muls or Tareks have also been seen with them occasionally,
but only if their strength is 22 and then the speed factor is 15 for non
Half-Giants. This weapon is called a Kreen Axe because of its use by HG's to
swat jumping Kreen and because of its appearance. The Kreen Axe shaft is made
of one rib of a Tik'da cactus. The rib is cut in half from its original 40ft.
Two crossbars are set at the top of the shaft. One on the very top, the
second about two feet lower. Both crossbars are perpendicular. Then Four
Halberd-like axeheads are attached to the crossbars, all facing the same
direction. The Axe head are about 2feet long apiece.

Damage

Cost(Metal)

Weight

Size

Type

Speed

Small/Medium

Large

50GP

40

G

S

11

2D8

2D12

Proficient Use:

Having a proficiency in this weapons allows the character use it. Other wise a
non-trained character cannot use it.

Specialization:

Specialization in this weapon allows a character to reduce the speed factor of the weapon by 2.

Laan'Thuu (Elven for Weapon Breaker)

This weapon is essentially a small shield with four spikes set about 6
inches apart in a square on the outside of the shield. The spikes are about
six inches long also. The weapon is held in a similar fashion to the Puchik
and is used in the same way when attacking. That is in a punching fashion.
Most versions of this weapon are metal because it is to break weapons. Any
other material has an equal chance to break when used to break other weapons.
These weapons are difficult to make as reflected by their price. The
difficulty arises in the use of two swiveling pieces. One piece is at the
point where the handle meets the shield, allowing the shield and spike to
spin on the handle. The other piece is a small knob located on the inside rim
of the shield; this allows the user to move the shield part without jerking
their whole arm around.

Damage

Cost(Metal)

Weight

Size

Type

Speed

Small/Medium

Large

11GP

7

S

P

4

D6

D6-1

Here are the multiple uses for this weapon.

Shield:

This weapon can be used as a shield for a -1 AC bonus on attacks coming from the defenders front.

Weapon:

Piercing attacks d6/d6-1 Damage

Weapon Breaking:

If the character makes a successful parrying attempt she may attempt to
break the weapon parried as long as her other hand is free to grab the knob
on the rim of the shield. The weapon must be at least one foot long to get
caught between the spikes. The DM rolls a save vs. crushing blow based on
the weapon material with the modifier of the parrying characters to damage
bonus subtracting from the # rolled.

(EX: The Mul parries the elves' sword. Both weapons are made of thick
wood (13vs CB) the GM rolls the save and rolls a 19 minus the Muls Dmg
bonus of 5.19-5=14 the attempt failed to break the elves' sword.)

If the Laan'Thuu is not metal and fails in breaking a caught weapon a
regular save vs. crushing blow must also be made for it. If the Laan'Thuu is
broken then roll on the following table for what is broken

d6

1-4

Spikes broken only usable as shield

5

Handle broken not usable

6

Rim handle broken, cannot be used to break weapons

Raddu

Original creator of The Burnt World of Athas back in 1995 or so...

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